New Jersey State Library

A legislative history is a compilation of the documents which express the purpose or intent behind the passage of a particular law. The State Library compiles histories on all New Jersey laws which are general and permanent, and are added to NJSA. Appropriations, temporary and executed, and repealer acts are excluded.

Contact the Law Library at reflaw@njstatelib.org or 609-278-2640 ext. 102 to ask questions about the legislative histories on our site, or to inquire about legislative histories that are not yet available online.

To view the linked documents you must have the Adobe® Acrobat® viewer, which can be downloaded at no charge from Adobe®'s website.

• 2009 Legislative Histories
• 2008 Legislative Histories
• 2007 Legislative Histories
• 2006 Legislative Histories
• 2005 Legislative Histories
• 2004 Legislative Histories
• 2003 Legislative Histories
• 2002 Legislative Histories
• 2001 Legislative Histories
• 2000 Legislative Histories
• 1999 Legislative Histories
• 1998 Legislative Histories

Pre-1998 Legislative Histories

We are currently in the process of scanning and uploading legislative histories for the years 1974 to 1997. If you don't find what you need online, contact the law library with the year and chapter number to check if a legislative history was compiled.

• 1997 Legislative Histories
• 1996 Legislative Histories
• 1995 Legislative Histories
• 1994 Legislative Histories
• 1993 Legislative Histories
• 1992 Legislative Histories
• 1991 Legislative Histories
• 1990 Legislative Histories
• 1989 Legislative Histories
• 1988 Legislative Histories
• 1987 Legislative Histories
• 1986 Legislative Histories
• 1985 Legislative Histories
• 1984 Legislative Histories
• 1983 Legislative Histories
• 1982 Legislative Histories
• 1981 Legislative Histories
• 1980 Legislative Histories
• 1979 Legislative Histories
• 1978 Legislative Histories
• 1977 Legislative Histories
• 1976 Legislative Histories
• 1975 Legislative Histories
• 1974 Legislative Histories

Questions and comments may be directed to the Law Library.